Question

肩 かた 肩(かた): shoulder S 戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63)月: month; moon 肉 6 (none) shoulder The shoulder is part of the body you use to push through the noren in a doorway. I was having trouble with positioning of the primitives until I tweaked shaydwyrm´s story slightly. If you think of pushing through a noren, this makes sense as a pictograph. The noren hangs from above, and you push through it from below.

Accepted Answer

ケン shoulder 2 1215 8 130 にく・にくづき 象形 Pictographic The shoulder is the best part of the body to bash a door open with (Don´t ever try this. Use your foot).

Kanji	肩
Onyomi	ケン
Kunyomi	かた
English	shoulder
Examples	肩(かた): shoulder
JLPT Level	2
Jouyou Grade	S
Frequency	1215
Components	戸: door; counter for houses; door radical (no. 63) 月: month; moon
Number of Strokes	8
Kanji Radical	肉
Radical Number	130
Radical Strokes	6
Radical Reading	にく・にくづき
Traditional Form	(none)
Classification	象形 Pictographic
Keyword	shoulder
Koohii Story 1	The shoulder is the best part of the body to bash a door open with (Don´t ever try this. Use your foot).
Koohii Story 2	The shoulder is part of the body you use to push through the noren in a doorway. I was having trouble with positioning of the primitives until I tweaked shaydwyrm´s story slightly. If you think of pushing through a noren, this makes sense as a pictograph. The noren hangs from above, and you push through it from below.

Shoulder Door Part Body Push Noren I 肩